I wanted to talk about probiotics as I have been doing research on gut and foods that heal the gut.
Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your health, especially your digestive system. … But your body is full of bacteria, both good and bad. Probiotics are often called “good” or “helpful” bacteria because they help keep your gut healthy.
I personally feel that taking a probiotic supplement is not the best way to go for your health. We need to get all our nutrients from the fresh food we eat.
Lactobacillus is one of the active bacteria that our gut needs, in order to prevent the bacteria from diminishing we need to eat cultured foods that have probiotics in them.
Examples include, fermented foods like yogurt, kefir sauerkraut, kimchi, miso and Lassi and many others. Apple cider vinegar is also fermented and is great to use in salad dressings. I have a great dressing recipe, which I will add.
We need to add these foods regularly to our diet. I personally have added kefir and yogurt to my diet, both have active cultures of Lactobacillus. The Food and Drug Administration require yogurts that have active cultures to be labeled. It’s very important to understand that all yogurts do not have active cultures, especially the sweetened ones. Pasteurized milk does not have any cultures as the pasteurization process kills all active bacteria.
The sheep milk yogurt, I ate in Crete daily, is cultured with raw milk and the lactic acid is what gives the slightly sour taste, but because it’s made with whole milk, it’s creamy. The Fat in grass fed animal milk is fine in moderation as it has omega 3s which have shown to have benefits to the body. Sheep milk protein is easier to digest than cows milk protein.
So read the labels on yogurt and try add some of the above fermented foods in your diet.
Our gut health is crucial to prevent many diseases and with all the processed foods we consume the gut bacteria are diminishing which then leads to inflammation and many other health problems.